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The Reading List is a newsletter from the School of Medicine Basic Sciences in which we amplify biomedical research from our four departments and campus-wide collaborators.

Department of Biochemistry

Nearly a century of discoveries in bacterial genetics and their continuing impact on the field. G3.
David Baltrus* (University of Arizona), Houra Merrikh.

Highlighted by the journal as a featured article.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance-based fragment screen of the E3 ligase Fem-1 homolog B. Protein Science.
Jade Katinas, Kangsa Amporndanai, Ashley Taylor, Kristie Rose, Jason Phan, Alex Waterson, Stephen Fesik.

Supported by the High-Throughput Screening Facility, the Biomolecular NMR Facility, and the Mass Spectrometry Research Center.

Department of Cell and Developmental Biology

Cellular senescence in precancer lesions and early-stage cancers. Cancer Cell.
Xen Ping Hoi* (Houston Methodist Research Institute), Mary Stangis* (University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center), Sarah Glass*, Seung Woo Kang, Martha Shrubsole, Robert Coffey, Ken Lau.
Therapeutic remodeling of the ceramide backbone prevents kidney injury. Cell Metabolism.
Rebekah Nicholson* (University of Utah), Luis Cedeño-Rosario* (University of Utah), Angela Kruse, Jeffrey Spraggins.

Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Fat knows its limits: Creatine kinases keep adipocytes in check. Cell Reports.
Claudia Montufar*, Elma Zaganjor*.
Alterations in Cardiovascular Parameters in 5xFAD Murine Model. Cell Biochemistry & Function.
Andrea Marshall, Dominique Stephens, Kit Neikirk, Sepiso Masenga, Bryanna Shao, Amber Crabtree, Zer Vue, Heather Beasley, Edgar Garza-Lopez, Estevão Scudese, Benjamin Rodriguez, Han Le, Steven Damo, George Taffet, Okwute Ochayi, Ronald McMillan, Jeremiah Afolabi, Vernat Exil, Ashton Oliver, Vineeta Sharma, Pamela Martin, Amadou Gaye, Chanel Harris, Briar Tomeau, LaCara Bell, Markis Hamilton, Taneisha Gillyard, Railyn Webster, Marcus Jackson, Prem Prakash, Shanilah Frierson, Chandravanu Dash, Margaret Mungai, Annet Kirabo, Jennifer Gaddy, Nelson Wandira, Antentor Hinton Jr, Anilkumar Reddy

Department of Pharmacology

Small cell lung cancer induces synaptic scaling to alter neuronal excitability. Communications Biology.
Aiden Houcek, Burak Uzay, Geena Ildefonso, Tolu Omokehinde, Lisa Monteggia, Vito Quaranta, Amanda Linkous, Ege Kavalali*.

First or corresponding authors are identified with an *. Only Vanderbilt collaborators are listed except for first authors.

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